Congratulations to Jessica Rowe, a PhD student in Kirby Swatek’s lab, for winning one of three UbiQ-sponsored poster prizes at the recent EMBO conference on Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Proteins in He...

Dr Esther Sammler, Group Leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) at the University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at NHS Tayside, has received the pr...

A new study led by the Sapkota Lab, in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Neuroscience Discovery, has demonstrated that targeted protein degradation can selectively eliminate endogenous α-synuclein ...

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

Two PhD students from the Madsen Lab at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU), Oliwia Mruk and Alexandra Musk, have developed optimised workflows for generating arterial- a...

Dr Anna Pérez i Ràfols has received a prestigious five-year Wellcome Early-Career Award to establish an ambitious research programme investigating the molecular signals that protect cells under stress...

The MRC PPU is the only research institute in the world dedicated to the study of the two post-translational modifications used most frequently to regulate protein functions in living cells. With over...

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Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome 13 (MTDPS13) is a rare and devastating mitochondrial disease that causes the loss of healthy mitochondria, leading to severe energy deficiency throughout the body ...

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

Why does disease only target certain people? How do we make new treatments for that disease? Does your postcode alter the treatment you get? These are all …

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

Researchers at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) at the University of Dundee have been awarded a series of major international research grants totalling $18 million fro...

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We are thrilled to announce that Kai Gallant, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Satpal Virdee, has been awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. This high...

A new study led by the Sapkota Lab in collaboration with Harvard’s Woo lab is shedding light on how an emerging class of medicines, designed to eliminate specific harmful proteins in cells, may have b...

Since 2017, DRIG has brought together people with Parkinson’s, carers, clinicians and researchers, helping to improve research culture and ensuring that lived experience plays a meaningful role in shaping and sharing research.

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

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Congratulations to Dr Aniketh Bishnu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ganley Lab, who was awarded the Silver Prize for his poster presentation at the Houses of Parliament in London. He was a finalist...

Researchers at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit and the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow have uncovered a previously unknown antiviral mechanism that functions like a molecul...

As the inaugural Director of the new Parkinson's Research Centre, funded by the UK Dementia Research Institute and Parkinson's UK, Professor Miratul Muqit (University of Dundee, UK) hopes to untangle ...

We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...

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We study how eukaryotic cell biology is shaped by protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation. Driven by our curiosity and passion to understand living creatures, our work aims to change lives by helpi...